9 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

It's a fair question to ask if Texas is doing anything. Here's what I found:

https://www.enr.com/articles/51864-texas-passes-reforms-to-winterize-power-infrastructure

 

On the final day of the legislative session, May 31, Texas lawmakers completed the final version of Senate Bill 3, which aims to bolster the state’s electricity infrastructure and require power plants to prepare for extreme weather conditions in response to the outages that resulted during the deadly February winter storms. The bill, sent to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk June 1, requires electric generation providers to winterize both their infrastructure and operations or pay fines of up to $1 million a day for each offense.

Abbott signed the legislation June 8 and it went into effect immediately.

All power generators selling to the Texas market will be required to follow weather emergency preparedness standards to be determined by the Public Utility Commission (PUC). Meanwhile, those natural gas facilities considered critical to keeping power generators online will also fall under the requirements. The bill indicates that the state’s oil and gas regulatory agency, the Texas Railroad Commission (TRC), will determine the winterization standards for those natural gas facilities that qualify.

 

Some criticism that it doesn't go far enough:

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/02/1002277720/texas-lawmakers-passed-changes-to-prevent-more-blackouts-experts-say-its-not-eno

 

That weatherization part of Senate Bill 3 allows regulators to determine which parts of the natural gas supply chain are critical to electricity production and then requires that they be protected from the cold.

Most agree it is progress. But it only applies to equipment linked directly to power plants. Experts said it ignores the interconnectedness of the gas infrastructure.

"What I fear, that it's just not going to be enough," said Dan Cohan, a professor of civil engineering at Rice University.

He said if there's another big freeze, "whoever has those direct lines into the power plants and winterizes those is going to point upstream and say, 'Well, those upstream people couldn't get us enough gas.' So yeah, it's hard to see how this is going to provide us full coverage."

 

So, what is the standard, I wonder?

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/investigates/texans-could-see-higher-electricity-bills-to-pay-for-power-plant-winterization-experts-say/287-5e7fd5ed-2c43-4fad-a786-a27308f9c234

 

And who pays for it? The Energy companies declined to do so in 2011.

Everybody knows the problem with power generation in Texas is wind and solar.

 

Just ask the governor or the oil industry folks. Or Fox.

Or any other idiot.

It's so bad that Abbott is willingly talking about Uvalde.

I guess Cruz is gonna have to take a quick vacation to the Alps so he and his wife don't get too hot while the power is out.

2 hours ago, Boogyman said:

I guess Cruz is gonna have to take a quick vacation to the Alps so he and his wife don't get too hot while the power is out.

He better take the dog someplace this time.

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